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   lotuseclat79 Registered Member

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   Why is 1 GB equal to 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30?.
   
   For long answer see: https://www.tarsnap.com/GB-why.html
   
   If the link does not work, try: http://www.tarsnap.com/GB-why.html
   
   -- Tom

    

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   lotuseclat79, Apr 6, 2014

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   Link is broken. Giga is decimal prefix, gibi is binary prefix. Giga = 10^9, gibi is 2^30.
   
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   Minimalist, Apr 6, 2014

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   Brian K Imaging Specialist

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   Tom,
   
   The web link doesn't work.
   
   1 GB = 10^9 bytes
   
   1 GiB=2^30 bytes

    

   Brian K, Apr 6, 2014

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